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There are mystics and saints in many different religious and spiritual traditions. When I was a child, being raised as a Catholic, I read the lives of the saints. Now my ideas of what sainthood is, and who is a mystic have expanded.
I thought we could discuss which saints or mystics inspire us the most. Here is my beginning list:
Francis of Assissi
Hildengard of Bingen
Gandhi
Jesus of Nazareth
Rumi
Hafiz
Kabir
Anandamayima
Padmasambhava
Prince Siddhartha
Milarepa
Angulimala
Shantideva
Anthony DeMello
Lao Tsu
Tell us who inspires you and why. I have reasons for each of these that I've listed. More will come to me.
Let's have fun with this.
I thought we could discuss which saints or mystics inspire us the most. Here is my beginning list:
Francis of Assissi
Hildengard of Bingen
Gandhi
Jesus of Nazareth
Rumi
Hafiz
Kabir
Anandamayima
Padmasambhava
Prince Siddhartha
Milarepa
Angulimala
Shantideva
Anthony DeMello
Lao Tsu
Tell us who inspires you and why. I have reasons for each of these that I've listed. More will come to me.
Let's have fun with this.